askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long *should* the ideal term of copyright be?
a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.
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a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.
How about an annual renewal fee that increases exponentially over time? The mouse can afford it.
Payable to whom?
Society. That is how taxes work.
The US government?
Each country has it's own copyright office. So you would need to pay in each of them where your work is distributed. They are just enforced almost globaly as majority of countries signed an agrement to recognize them.
Each jurisdiction in which it has protection